Da Bomb - Ground Zero - Original Hot Sauce - 321,900 Scovilles - 4oz Bottle - Made in USA with Habanero Peppers- Non-GMO, Gluten Free, Sugar Free, Keto - Pack of 1

DISCLAIMERS: 1. If Tabasco is your limit, DO NOT - I repeat, DO NOT - TRY GROUND ZERO. Some people are naturally heat-intolerant, and there are cases where such people have been hospitalized - or in rare cases, DIED - for taking on challenges they shouldn't have. 2. If you put it on a plate for dabbing/dipping, rinse that plate in a gentle stream of cold water immediately after eating. I made the mistake of letting a blob dry out, then using the faucet spray setting with hot water. I don't care how heat tolerant you are. A lungful of Ground Zero vapor will make you suffer, and not in a good way. On to the review. Medium hot sauces were enough for me for years, but during 2024 I've developed a serious tolerance (no idea why). I even tried Last Dab Xperience a few weeks ago. It's rated at 2,693,000 Scoville units, but it was disappointing. Tasty, good heat, a hint of endorphin buzz. But it takes at least 1/2 teaspoon to get there. So I ordered Ground Zero based on some Web reviews. The package arrived. I unboxed it, made a burrito, cut one bite, added 2 drops, and ate it. A few seconds of silence while the nuclear missile descended. It detonated. The heat wave came. Instant pain, thoughts of possible regret. The burn grew moment by moment, quickly surpassing any hot sauce or raw pepper burn I'd ever felt. And it wasn't *close* to finishing. Wave after wave. Coughing, snotty, weepy, sweaty, red-faced, yelling "F***!". I wasn't counting, but it must have been 2-3 minutes. Then the blast wave came. Endorphins kicked in. The intolerable heat went down a notch. It was still searing, but I was now observing myself suffering, like some kind of Zen meditation moment. (I swear I am not exaggerating. It was really strange.) If you're a bored chili-head, try it! You'll like it.

For people who like very spicy hot sauce this is great. I was a bit worried after reading all of the reviews that this sauce would be much too hot and would serve mainly as a novelty. This is not at all the case . . . A drop or two on the tongue is very spicy, it leaves a lingering burn which lasts for about 10 minutes. This burn in not the run and chug milk kind of burn that some of the other reviews make it out to be though, it is manageable for those who like heat. I would recommend trying this first by putting a touch on the end of a toothpick to gauge the heat. The flavor of the sauce is delicious initially and you definitely get a sweet tang from the pineapple and a hearty smokiness from the peppers. This taste subsides quickly (within seconds) as the burn begins to take over. I give it an A+ in the taste department. Practically speaking, hot sauces are generally not eaten by themselves. Those of us who like very spicy food use them to spice up dishes to an extent that is too hot for others that are eating the same food. This is where this sauce really shines. I love the burn of spice and the sensation that comes with it, but have often felt that I had to sacrifice flavor to achieve the level of spice that I wanted. You can only add so much hot sauce to a dish before the dish just tastes like hot sauce. With Ground Zero, you can add a few drops (which is plenty sufficient) to whatever you are eating and have a very spicy version of your food that still tastes like your food should.

This sauce is very hot and would recommend for people who like eating hot sauce.

This review is for the Ground Zero flavor. At almost 322,000 Scovilles this brings a good amount of heat to the palette. The spice is tolerable in the mouth but, the flavor by itself is not good at all. In fact, it tastes what I would imagine poison might taste like. However, the biggest issue came in a bit after once the sauce entered the stomach. Once it did, it began to burn and felt like a tight cramp for several minutes afterwards. The sauce is great to add some wanted heat, just be cautious of the aftermath of consumption.

A little background: I like hot sauce. I'm no superhero that can take a swig of rat poison and brush it off. I eat something hot and the sweat beads on the nose and forehead start almost immediately. I love to try hot foods from all different cultures and homemade 'hot sauce' concoctions. I stumbled across Da' Bomb - Ground Zero for the first time about 20 years ago at a hot sauce kiosk in my local mall. The guy working the kiosk was regularly looking for the young, dumb guy who thinks he's all that, to try something that's "too hot". That's not me, but he did peak my interest, so I tried it. It was HOT. So hot, that I immediately bought a bottle, not after signing a waiver and providing ID confirming I was over 18 and would not use Da' Bomb maliciously as "misuse could induce serious medical problems, including cardiac arrest". Where do I sign? This stuff is HOT. ...HOT is actually the wrong word for it, but the right word hasn't hit the dictionary yet. There are a lot of reviews saying it's taste is terrible, but I've found Ground Zero in particular to be very flavorful and although somewhat acidic (is that a surprise?), it has herbal and sweet notes and a 'thick' texture and flavor, much unlike others in this realm of heat like the other trash on the market. There's my honest review. ...nothing over the top, just good hot sauce that's a perfect 'gotcha' gag to bring a grown man to his knees begging for mercy, or a great punch in the face of flavor when you add a drop or two in a pot of chili or taco meat to give it that heat and distinct Da' Bomb flavor and nice "sit-back-and-go-for-the-roller-coaster-ride-of-heat" experience, that's tolerable for pretty much anyone when used VERY sparingly.

Been dabbling in eating spicy for a long time. Certainly don't think I have any skill or immunity in the area of handling the pain. It IS kinda fun though...if you like that sort of thing. Stumbled across "Hot Ones" on youtube and have always been curious about "Da Bomb" sauces because that's usually the first sauce in the "Hot Ones" line up, that kills the guest. I've eaten a habanero recently, but did so in small pieces, not the whole pepper all at once. Decided to buy this hotter version as opposed to the lesser rated version(s). One of those, "let's see what I'm made of" decisions. Started by shaking the bottle and putting one dab on a piece of chicken breast. That resulted in a heat that was immediate, but kinda fun. Test number 2 was to put a stripe of connected "dabs" down a slice of chicken breast, and eat it all at once. Great flavor and for half a second, I was king of the world. And then da bomb hit. It was hot in my mouth and partially down my throat, to the point that I wanted to tear my clothes off. Right on the verge of full blown panic. This along with heavily watering eyes and nose, lasted about 5 solid minutes. The recovery came fairly soon after that, but I was left literally shaking in my hands , arms, and feet. Wicked, wicked, wicked. I kinda like it!!

I like the flavor of the sauce, some folks think it is overly bitter but to my pallet it reminds me of freshly ground pepper corns. It is a fast acting heat without much of a build. I use very sparingly and a little bit goes a long way, I plan to add this into other hot sauces where I like their flavor but lacking on the heat side. Just to get a reference of how much it takes to turn up the heat on a dish,Last night I made a batch of cheese dip for chips. All that was needed to get a punchy heat but without killing anyone was I took a chop stick and dipped it in the bottle about an inch or two. Just the residue on the chip stick stirred into the cheese sauce was enough to make it sing. **Pro-Tip wear gloves when handling as sauce this hot if accidentally rubbed into eyes or contacted while using the restroom can be life changing pain. Edit 9/11/2018 after sampling many high scoville scale sauces this sauce UNDERRATED way under rated. More than one person I know who have tasted this rated at 321,900 against MadDog 357 Gold edition at 1+ Million scollviles and pound for pound this is HOTTER. Half a teaspoon of this will hit like a truck, where the MadDog is kind of pleasant. Hot, but pleasant. Love the sauce.

My product is as pre opened. The outside wall all melted or warped and like I said there was no seal. DONT BUY THIS. 9 thumbs down. Waste of money and I can’t return this.